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Cultivating Wider Vision CULTIVATING WIDER VISION In 2009-11, the School successfully extended its reach at home and overseas through international alliances, regional initiatives and more interaction locally 28
Building on the interactive partnerships with universities and organizations established in past reporting periods, the School endeavored to create alliances to help undergraduates increase their exposure outside Hong Kong and to propel forward regional ties. We also sought to develop community awareness of the key role of engineering and technological development in everyday life and to generate enthusiasm for engineering among high school students through hands-on experience. International Vision The School’s presence in the global arena grew in several different areas during the period under review. Fostering Young Pace-setters Helping students to gain greater awareness of different perspectives through international alliances were ongoing School goals. • A significant partnership between the School and Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science was established in 2011 to launch a reciprocal, research-based undergraduate summer exchange program. HKUST thus became the first university in Asia to enter such an agreement with Princeton in the field of engineering and only the second worldwide. The agreement was signed at the HKUST campus by Prof Khaled Ben Letaief, Dean of Engineering, and Prof Vincent Poor, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton. • The prestigious annual Stanford-HKUST Joint Global Manufacturing Course continued to be jointly offered to students from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management and Stanford University. First started in 1995, the course enables students to tackle industrial problems with their Stanford peers. It focuses on issues that are global in nature and related to product development, strategic planning and supply chain design. Three to four students from each institution work together as a team to tackle a defined problem sponsored by a company that has interests in North America and the Asia-Pacific region. • Insight into Russia was boosted with the arrival of two undergraduate visiting students from Ural Federal University. The students came on exchange to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2011 under the UC RUSAL Scholarship program. These scholarships encourage communication and promote greater understanding between students in Russia and Hong Kong as well as provide a platform to facilitate exchange of knowledge and ideas. They are part of a wider five-year joint project between the world’s largest aluminum producer and HKUST to foster joint scientific research, address environmental issues and promote cooperation between young scientists from both regions. Technology Industry Innovation Award Launched The School established a high-level accolade in 2011 to recognize the efforts of a top technology leader who has shown outstanding capabilities in implementing innovation that has improved people’s lives. The first winner of the HKUST Technology Industry Innovation Award was Mr Pony Huateng Ma, Chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings Ltd. The company has led the way in the development of online platforms in Mainland China and become one of the largest integrated Internet service companies in the world. Hewlett Packard (HP) Catalyst Initiative In 2010, HKUST became one of 35 educational institutions across 11 countries to be selected by Hewlett Packard to take part in the HP Catalyst Initiative. The project seeks to develop more effective approaches to worldwide education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. HKUST is involved as a member of the Measuring Learning Consortium, led by Carnegie Mellon University. The University put the grant received from Hewlett Packard toward a new teaching lab with high-end computers for Computer Science and Engineering students. The aim is to assist in monitoring and evaluating quality of teaching and learning in computing classes. 29 Dean’s Message Generating Global Impact Inspiring Future Leaders Tackling the Grand Challenges Cultivating Wider Vision Empowering Excellence Driving the Future
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